This page detail from the book contains some of the poem about th Icelandic language, written by Liz Cashdan. The earlier images look a bit odd, as I had changed the image to make space for the poem. So when they are shown without the poem they seem to look…

Studio Internship: Studio interns are expected to have knowledge in printmaking, papermaking, and/or book arts. They assist with the ongoing operations at WSW as well as acting as assistants to artists in residence. Typical tasks include maintaining the studios, assisting in artist book production, cleaning, and general maintenance.…

Since I last posted about this I have a better understanding of the effect of serialization on traffic. It has tripled users and increased traffic from 2000 to 5000 human visits a month. Since I started this I have done three books. Each time, when the book finishes the traffic returns to the base 2000. The same has happened twice when the blog has been down for repairs. Each serial has prompted download of about 30 e-books. Unfortunately, there is no crossover from the blog to the web. With…

An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street - 15 artists needed!On March 5th 2007, a car bomb was exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. Al-Mutanabbi Street is in a mixed Shia-Sunni area. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. Al-Mutanabbi Street, the historic centre of Baghdad bookselling, and heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community, holds bookstores and outdoor bookstalls, cafes, stationery…

In late November there was a book launch for our newly published book 'Iceland Stories'. It was hosted by the Icelandic Embassy in London. It was a wonderful event. Our guests and ourselves were given a warm welcome by the Ambassador of Iceland to London, His Excellency, Benedikt Jónsson and members of his staff. If it all sounds very formal - it wasn't. With lots of wine, delicious eats, our four year old granddaughter, Nina, and one year old Rufus, son of Jen and Robin, how could it be…

These books will be on show at the Milk Factory Gallery in Station Street Bowral from the 12-27th January 2013.There are some wonderful examples of small artist books in just about every medium both from artists here in Australia and in the UK.The books have been in venues at Bristol,Cardiff,Herefordshire and Manly Library NSW.It has been a great experience as a book artist setting up this project. I will also have a 2 day workshop during this period at the gallery on the 19 and 20th…

The exhibition presents two connected bodies of material: a survey of artists’ books by Australian painter, sculptor and bookmaker Robert Jacks (1942-2014), and an extensive selection of publications drawn from Jacks’ own collection, many of which were purchased from Printed Matter in the early years of the organization.

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